Anthony Giorgianni
Only your preconceived notion supports your position. If many people drove too fast, then the crash rate would be much higher than it is now and would continue to increase as traffic speeds increase.
Obviously, data trumps your buttumptions.
Studies have shown that changing the speed limit doesn't result in significant changes in traffic speeds. Your suppositions to the contrary do not change the result.
Your predictions would be wrong. If they were true, the conclusions of the Parker study and the WVDOT speed survey would be the opposite of what they were.
Advisory curve speeds are based on the 85th percentile speed of drivers of a 1930 model Ford vehicle. That corresponds to a 10 degree ball bank deviation. There is discussion to change that deviation to 16 degrees to correspond with the 85th percentile speed of today's drivers in today's vehicles.
That's the reason that curves with advisory speeds of 35 can be easily taken at 45 to 50 mph with little difficulty by average drivers.
If it's raining hard or if the road is covered in 3 inches of snow, then should the inexperienced driver rely on that 55 mph speed limit sign or 30 mph advisory speed sign to determine the appropriate speed to drive?
It's a known fact that practically all drivers slow down in such conditions. This goes to show that drivers, regardless of their experience know that they have to drive slower when conditions worsen. I even knew that before I got a learner's permit.
Why do you think that drivers lose this capability under normal conditions?
When you stop putting words in other peoples' mouths, then we can continue this discussion.
